Assume that it is April 1917 and write a speech regarding American involvement in World War I from the vantage point of one of the following people: Woodrow Wilson, Eugene Debs, William Jennings Bryan, or Theodore Roosevelt
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The ideal answer could include:
1. Woodrow Wilson would have argued that the war was necessary because the German aggressions were worse than those of the British, and the United States needed to act to remake the world.
2. Eugene Debs would have argued that the war would hurt the American people as well as make America unsafe for democracy.
3. William Jennings Bryan might have argued that the United States was being unfair and was holding Germany to a higher standard than they held Great Britain to.
4. Theodore Roosevelt would have asserted that the United States needed to enter the war and should have done so sooner.
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